"The affair of the believer is
amazing! The whole of his life is beneficial, and that is only in the case
of the believer. When good times come to him, he is thankful and it is good
for him, and when bad times befall him,, he is patient and it is also good
for him." [Saheeh Muslim #7138]

1. The evil that the believers are inflicted with is less than that which
occurs to the disbelievers.

2. When the believers are inflicted with anything it should be accompanied
with pleasure with Allah's decree and hoping for His reward. Hence, if they
miss anything that they want, this should lead them to patience and hoping
for reward and this will, without doubt, lessen the catastrophe.

3. The believer will be relieved of such hardship according to the amount of
his obedience, purity and the existence of the realities of Faith in his
heart to the point that if this hardship had occurred to another [who has
not that amount of Faith], he would not be able to bear it. This is how
Allah repels hardship from His believing slave.

4. If the love of Allah is firmly planted in the heart, then bearing the
pain from the Beloved will be pleasureful for those who love Him and will
not be something hated.

5. What the disbeliever and evildoer attain of power and strength is also
accompanied with its opposite.

6. Allah afflicting His believing slave is like a kand of medicine that
removes a disease. If that disease were to remain, it would destroy the
person or lessen his reward.

7. Such occurrences are part of the necessary aspects of being a human.

8. In such ocurrences, Allah has a great and recognized wisdom.

9. Those afflictions and trials make it apparent who is the truthful person
and who is the liar.

10. Humans by their nature are social creatures. They must mix with others.
However, they have different natures and desires that may cause
difficulties. The believer is obliged to fulfill his responsibilities
concernig them and this makes the trial much easier.

11. The affliction that occurs to a person cannot but be from one of four
types: Either it is with respect to his life, or with respect to his wealth,
or with respect to his honor, or with respect to his family and those whom
he loves from among mankind. These things affect all different peoples.
Those who are not believing pious people are afflicted by much more than the
believing pious person, as is witnessed.